Volleyball Loses Tough Match To Stevenson In Conference Opener

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Widener battled, but lost 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-16) to new league member Stevenson tonight at Schwartz Center in its first Commonwealth Conference match.

At the end of set number one, the Pride (1-5, 0-1 CC) found themselves down by one in the match, but it was in the second set when Stevenson was given a run for its money. Senior Angela DiMaria (Warrington, PA) went on a serving run to give the Pride a 8-3 lead early in the game, forcing the Mustangs (4-1, 1-0) to use both of their timeouts. With some outstanding defensive plays, Widener battled back and forth, point for point, with Stevenson until it fell just short and lost the second set 25-22.

DiMaria ended the night with seven kills and 15 digs to go with one service ace. Veronica Vizzard (Havertown, PA) finished with a .364 hitting percentage, going four-for-11, and Shauna Phillips (Dallas, PA) hit .357, going five-for-14. Jessica Dembeck (Philadelphia, PA) had two solo blocks and two block assists to go with eight kills. Setter Maggie Greenberg (Meadowbrook, PA) tallied 23 assists while senior libero Meghan Spence (Havertown, PA) gained 15 digs.

This weekend the Pride travel to Ithaca, NY to take part in the Bomber Invitational, with its first match beginning at 3:00 pm on Friday against St. John Fisher.

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